Wow, we didn't even need Tom to use his considerable talents in reframing to move this topic completely away from the original post.
I find this step of Blackwater going from just a supplemental force (armed truck drivers) in Iraq to a fully-functioning military force with bases in our states really chilling to me as it should be to all Americans regardless of your party affiliation. Imagine the reaction of our government if we were to create, as the Constitution allows, our own civilian militia with the same level of might. Somehow I'm not sure I could station a fully armed fighter plane on my private airport without incredible interference from the powers that be.
I'd really like to see this topic addressed for its original message rather than the meaning of the word "homeland".
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